The Toyota Tundra is a large pickup truck made for work and towing. People use it to haul things and carry gear, and it can also be used like a regular vehicle. The podcast mentions it in the context of buyers paying a lot of money for one.
The Chevrolet Silverado is a large pickup truck. It’s made for carrying loads and towing trailers, but it can also be driven day to day. The podcast brings it up as a truck that some people are willing to spend a lot of money on.
Structural integrity is how strong the car’s main body/frame is. If it’s not in good shape—like from rust or crash damage—the car can become unsafe or start to feel “off.”
The Toyota FJ Cruiser is a tough-looking SUV that’s built for rough roads. In this segment, the host is using their 2007 FJ Cruiser as an example of a vehicle they’ve been able to keep for a very long time.
The Toyota 4Runner is a rugged SUV that many people keep for years. The host is mentioning it to show that high-mileage ownership is realistic with the right vehicle and care.
On front-wheel-drive cars, the front wheels handle steering and driving. The wheel bearings up front help those wheels spin, so problems can show up more quickly.
The Chevrolet C10 is an older pickup truck, especially associated with the 1960s. People like it because it has a classic look and it’s a popular choice for restoring or modifying. The podcast mentions their C10 as one of the trucks they worked on early on.
It’s like an extended repair plan for your car. If something breaks that the plan covers, the cost is reduced or handled by the contract instead of you paying everything out of pocket.
A recall is when the car maker says, “We found a problem and you need to fix it.” It’s usually related to safety or a serious defect, and the fix is done by the dealer.
The differential helps the wheels turn at different speeds when you’re cornering. If it has problems, the car can feel noisy, jerky, or lose traction.
Concept
vote with your wallet
“Vote with your wallet” is a consumer strategy: you respond to poor reliability or unresolved issues by choosing not to buy from that brand. The idea is that sales pressure encourages manufacturers to improve.
“Overdrive” is the gear that helps the car cruise more efficiently on the highway. If the overdrive part of the transmission has problems, the car may shift badly or fail to stay in the right cruising gear.
The head gasket is a seal inside the engine that keeps coolant and oil where they belong. If it fails, the engine can overheat or start running poorly, and repairs can be expensive.
Term
engines dropping out
This phrase means the engine suddenly loses power or shuts off briefly. That can happen when the car detects a problem and protects itself, or when something like fuel or ignition isn’t working right.
A whistleblower is someone who speaks up about problems they believe are being hidden. Here, the speaker is saying some engineers claim the companies are making cars that don’t last as long as they should.
A warranty is the agreement that says the company will pay for certain repairs for a limited time. The speaker is arguing that some vehicles may be engineered to fail after that coverage period.
The speaker is talking about parts made from petroleum-based plastic. Their argument is that plastic can be cheaper and may wear out sooner than metal parts.
“Pattern failures” are repeated, predictable problems that show up across a model or over time. In practice, they’re the issues owners and mechanics learn to expect, often tied to specific components or design weaknesses.
A repair shop is where mechanics look at your car and do the work to fix problems. If you don’t know much about cars, it can be easier for someone to overcharge or do unnecessary work.
Your car needs different kinds of upkeep at different times. If you learn what’s due when, you can prevent small issues from turning into expensive repairs.
Heavy equipment means big industrial machines, like those used for construction or other heavy jobs. The host is saying they’ve worked on that kind of machinery too.
A diesel endorsement is extra training/permission to drive diesel-powered commercial vehicles. The host is saying they have that credential, which supports their background in diesel work.
Concept
recommended business portion of our website
The host is talking about a part of their website that lists repair shops they recommend. The goal is to make it easier to find a trustworthy place to get your car fixed.
A franchise store is a business that uses a big company’s brand and rules. The host is basically saying that not every franchise location is great, so it can be harder to know who you’ll get.
A “mom and pop shop” means a small local business, usually run by a few people instead of a big company. The host is saying you should look for a reputable local garage, not a big chain, to reduce the chance of getting taken advantage of.
This means the car is stored in a place where conditions like humidity are controlled. Rust needs moisture, so controlling humidity helps slow it down.
A cross member is a metal bar under the car that helps hold the structure together. Since it’s underneath, it can be exposed to water and road salt that cause rust.
The Pontiac Chieftain is an older, classic car from the past. People collect them, and they can be expensive because they’re hard to find and cost more to keep in good condition. The podcast mentions it as an example of a vintage vehicle that’s pricey.
Book time is the estimated number of hours a repair manual says a job should take. If rust makes parts hard to remove, the job can take longer than that estimate.
Term
torch
A torch is a tool that applies heat to help stuck parts loosen. If bolts are rusted in place, heat can make them easier to remove.
The spindle housing is part of the front suspension that helps hold the wheel and brake parts in place. If bolts between it and the brake hardware rust together, repairs take longer.
These are the heavy-duty parts that help the car hold its shape. If rust eats into them, the car can become unsafe and harder to fix properly.
Term
fish oil based
This is a type of rust-protection product made with fish-oil ingredients. The idea is that it sticks around better and helps keep water from causing rust.
Road salt is what they sprinkle on roads in winter to melt ice. It can leave residue on your car that helps rust start and spread.
Term
nook and cranny
They mean the hidden little gaps and corners under the car where water and salt can collect. Rust often starts there because it’s hard for protection to reach.
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Good morning folks, you're tuned in to Car Connection where the coffee's strong, the
stories are real and the wrenches never stop turning.
I'm your host, Niall Motormouth Jenkins, coming to you from the Car Connection Workshop where
the smell of fresh oil and a little elbow grease is all part of our balanced breakfast.
And around here, we don't just talk cars, we live them, whether it's a 25 year old
Jeep Wrangler getting a second chance at life, running away from the crusher or a Nissan
Rogue getting its brakes back in order, or even a mystery leak that's got everyone scratching
their heads.
This is where we roll up our sleeves and we get it done, with a little wit, a little wisdom
and a whole lot of fun.
The Car Connection isn't just about nuts, bolts and diagnostics, it's about connection
and connection to our vehicles, to the people who drive them and to the community that keeps
Niagara rolling, because when you fix a car, you're not just turning a wrench, you're
restoring someone's confidence, freedom and maybe even their sanity.
We're here every week, Monday through Saturday, helping you keep your ride safe, reliable
and ready for whatever road lies ahead.
So whether you're a weekend wrencher, a daily commuter or someone who just wants to understand
what that strange rattle really means, welcome aboard, stick around for shop talk, expert
advice, few good laughs and maybe a flashback service bay story from the past.
Well, good morning and if you're just joining us for the first time, you are tapped into
Motormouth's Morning Drive, 8am, Monday through Saturday, Saturday being Q&A Saturday, so
you're here with me for a whole hour.
I hope you got your counseling all organized ahead of time.
So we have three questions to cover today and unpack, so we're going to get to that
in just a few moments, a little bit of housekeeping for all those, so bear with me, if you're
regular here for the Motormouth Morning Drive, there's others that are just tapping in to
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So just type in the search box, car connection workshop, you'll find us there.
We also have all our podcasts automatically populate to our YouTube channel and we'll
get to that in just a moment, how you get there.
So we make it easy for you.
This channel was designed to help the car enthusiasts, the person who wants to keep their
vehicle long time, long term and doesn't want to be cashing it in and continuously be making
car payments, because that's not what has to happen.
That's what does happen, but you don't have to buy into the car game.
So if you want to keep your vehicle and your engine and transmission running long term
and just packing the mileage on there, yes you can.
First and foremost, we need to make sure that we have a solid platform and that it's not
suffering from weight loss, i.e. rusties, because if it's rusted out, its days are numbered
and you don't want to put a pile of money into it.
You need a good solid platform, a good base and the rest is all maintenance and service
and repairs.
That's it.
So whether your vehicle is five years old, 10 years old, 25 years old or 100 years old,
you can still have a fully reliable automobile that performs like the day it was born.
And I tell people all the time, if you go to car shows, you take a look at those cars,
they are start and go.
They are made to be reliable because of mileage, age, no, maintenance.
Mileage does not matter.
That's the media, that's the marketing, that's the suits, that's the talking heads selling
you that.
Mileage does not matter.
Maintenance matters.
If you're not good at maintenance, then it doesn't matter.
I can harp here for six or eight hours if you want, but if you're not good at maintenance,
this is not the podcast for you and our YouTube channel is definitely not for you.
Our YouTube and our podcast are dedicated to those who want to get out of the trading
time for money and making stupid car payments and being in debt when you really can't afford
to be by a vehicle to impress people that you don't like or you don't even know, that's
not a good idea either.
Who cares?
People don't care.
They absolutely don't.
So what we need is to change our mindset into knowing and understanding that your vehicle
is a tool, it is a piece of equipment, it is expensive to replace it.
I think I don't need to spend too much time on that is I cannot believe that anyone would
throw down $78,000 to buy a Toyota Tundra or a Silverado.
I call them Silver Rattles.
I'm with Derrick on that one, Silver Rattles.
No, I would sooner buy some terra firma.
What is that?
Property, land, earth, because that's not going to depreciate, it's going to appreciate.
So join us this morning as we continue to unpack three questions on Q&A Saturdays.
Thank you to the ladies again who have come through to make Q&A Saturday possible.
They are owning guys.
I'm not poking you too hard, but I'm telling you the women, the ladies are owning the car
connection workshop with their questions.
It tells me they want to know their vehicles in good standing.
They want to know when there's something developing.
They want to know when their baby needs some tender loving care.
They want to know how that vehicle works so they can get a better understanding of the
basic fundamentals and not get ripped off when you go to the shop.
That's it.
So no matter what age group you are, how tall much you weigh, how thick, tall,
skinny, single, married, divorced 100 times, or widowed, this is a program for you.
It's a program for you to teach you the basic fundamentals.
So our YouTube channel is designed to teach you five things on every single video.
What it is, where it is, how it works, and how you broke it, and how you can prevent
that breakage from happening again and pay for the same repair a second, third, or fourth
time.
So I keep it basic and walk you through and break things down into easy to understand terminology.
I dumb it right down because you know what?
Not everybody knows all the techno geek.
And let me tell you, when it comes to computers, if it wasn't for AI, I don't know how I would
figure it out because you ask people to show you and they're like, well, you know, is that
the time?
They don't want to help you.
So you got to kind of figure it out yourself.
So this channel, this podcast, Motor Mouse Morning Drive is here to educate you on ownership
of an automobile, how to take care of it, what needs to be done, and when, and how, and keep
that vehicle as long as you wish.
That's it, period.
As long as we look after the structural integrity, and we're good with maintenance and understanding
maintenance, you're well on your way to putting hundreds and thousands of kilometers on your
vehicle.
And as I mentioned before, you know, an 07 FJ Cruiser, that's my workhorse, has just
under 400,000 kilometers.
My friend Steve, who has a Toyota 4Runner around the same, he's approaching 700,000
kilometers.
I think he's wanting to get to like 800, possibly a million.
I think that would be absolutely outstanding.
So what do the talking heads have to say about that?
Hmm?
I'd love to hear it because they're, they're full of bologna, that's it.
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It gets over 20,000 views a month.
That's pretty cool.
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Okay, let's jump into our morning swiggy and the weekend weather and they will dive right
into the three questions.
Thank you to Wendy, April and Kathy with a C because you can spell it a number of different
ways and I don't know about you, but there's a lot of Kathy's in our world.
There really is somebody says, oh, I was speaking with Kathy, okay.
Which one?
Which one?
All right, so enough of that nonsense.
Let's jump into it.
So thank you to all our program partners this morning for allowing us to be here and creating
this podcast and also able to bring you the morning weather, the weekend weather and our
morning swiggy.
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and I'll tell you, they are both car enthusiasts.
Sales and leasing, providing you with low mileage, top quality vehicles, they sell no
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Thank you to our certified financial, I'll get it out here in a minute, our certified
financial planners, my brothers from other mothers, Tony Mealy, Larry Tietro, 50 years
experience as fiduciaries with IG Wealth Management helping you through investment portfolios,
debt retirement, estate planning, not escape planning.
Somebody asked me that in the comment, escape planning from what?
I go, I don't know, what are you escaping from?
A dead portfolio, investment portfolio with the bank making 3.99%, I think I swallowed
a bug and if you and your spouse are having a lot of conversation around financial debt
that you're carrying, this is the opportunity for you and again, if you've got investment
portfolios with the bank, no disrespect to the advisors, but they're not certified
financial planning professionals that understand the six pillars to a financial plan, which
include your investments, getting and dealing with debt, estate planning and having all
those things in place, having a great mortgage at great interest rates and a good fantastic
team to work with, life insurance, critical illness insurance and a whole lot more.
You have access to an hour and a coffee, that's a discovery meeting.
Please just do it, take my advice.
I've been working with Tony and Larry for well over 20 years now and I'll tell you,
you're not going to tell them anything they haven't heard before.
These guys are going to retire out soon, they're not looking to take on any more clients, but
they're willing to sit down with you and have an hour and a coffee, listen to where you're
at and help you through it.
So folks, I spend a lot of time on these guys because they're reaching out to you and you
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So don't give up on yourself, don't drown in that debt, you get the right advice from
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So get in touch with them today 905-356-2221.
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So let's jump into our daily weather and morning swiggy.
Here's how we do it, whatever your favorite morning beverage is, hang it up there, count
to three, we'll count it down, down and then, yeah, I'm just going through
puberty.
Yeah, no, I'm not 16, that's for sure, but I feel younger now on 321, let's have our
morning swiggy together, whatever yours is, whatever flavor, whatever design, it doesn't
matter, for us it's 99.9% octane boost, not a penny less, 321 yeah, I'm
having coffee this morning, I just thought I'd start with coffee, don't tell anybody,
I didn't have my herbals first, okay, dealing with those cortisol creatures.
I'm having another one, ready?
321 okay, done, that was me making that thumping sound, don't worry about it,
the earth is not, the sky is not falling, you flat earthers out there, all right, the weekend
weather, let's dive right into it and have a look and see what we got going on.
The orange caution is still out for the smoke, so be careful, you know, if you have respiratory
issues, you have elderly that are asthmatic or respiratory, cardio respiratory issues,
yourself, you don't want to be out there doing anything strenuous that you're going to take
in too much of that smoke, because it looks like it's going to be with us for a little bit,
let's think about the forest rangers and all those water bombers, helicopters and
airplanes that are working around the clock to get these forest fires under control,
let's think about them, they do a very dangerous job for us and just like other first responders,
they are the first responders on the forest floor trying to get the situation under control,
so let's just keep them in our thoughts and prayers that they be safe doing what they're doing
to help us all, to not have to breathe that smoke, and you know forest fires are just,
if you go back in history, forest fires go all the way back, it has nothing to do with climate
change, that is such a load of bologna, oh my gosh, just study grade five science, yeah,
okay, before I go down a rabbit hole, Saturday's low is going to be 68 after 11 p.m. this morning,
and the high will be 81 degrees between 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. today, the temperature range will
feel like 65 to 80, so cooling off a little bit, the wind will make it feel cooler than the actual
temperature, and on the rainometer, RAIN, we got .85 possibility of an inch here on the
south shores of Lake Erie and in and through the Golden Horseshoe in the Niagara region,
so let's take a look at Sunday, that would make it the weekend weather, right, absolutely, so for Sunday,
Sunday, Sunday, coming up, Sunday's low will be 62, that's good for sleeping, give the air
conditioner a little rest, let it, you know, let it cool off instead of going into Chernobyl meltdown,
that temperature will arrive between 5 a.m. and 6 a.m. on Sunday, the high will be 76
between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. the temperature range will feel like 60 to 78, and it will feel warmer
than the actual temperature, so again, we do have a orange severe weather report, so I will just
pull that up here for a minute, so I'll give you a better idea what that means, orange warning is
air quality, and the severity is significant threat to life or property, and the weather event
onset is 5.51 a.m. July the 17th, smoke from the wildfires in the northwestern Ontario is causing
very poor air quality and reduced visibility, poor air quality may persist in and through the weekend.
During heavy smoke conditions, everyone's health is at risk regardless of their age
or health issues, so here's their instructions, limit time outdoors, reschedule or cancel outdoor
sports activities and events. You may experience mild and common symptoms such as eye, nose and
throat irritation headaches or mild cough, more serious, but less common symptoms include wheezing,
chest pains, or severe cough, so if you or someone you know thinks that they're having a medical
emergency, please seek immediate medical attention, and people more likely to be impacted by the
wildfire smoke, including people aged 65 and older, pregnant people, infants and young children,
people with an existing illness or chronic health condition, and people who work outdoors should
avoid strenuous activities outdoors and seek medical attention if experienced symptoms, so
there you go, that's your report, that's the orange report for air quality, now let's get into it.
Let's take a look at Wendy's question first and start unpacking these for you because it will
take a little bit of time to do so, so you continue to enjoy your morning beverage and kick back and
listen, and if you want to re-listen, again the podcast automatically populate to our YouTube
channel, so there's over 200, well today would be episode 220, so there'll be 220 podcasts available
to you on our YouTube channel for you to browse through, and I know we have 350 to 400 videos
available to you from all the basics, testing, antifreeze, what does that look like, what are
we dealing with, how to test a battery, and so on and so forth, where all the fluids are located
under the hood of your vehicle, so you can find them, how do you identify them, so all the kind of
basics, we just shot a video on front wheel drive bearings, wheel bearings, what is that,
he might be going, do I have that, are you sure, well if the wheels are on you have hubs and bearings
because that's what the wheel attaches to with the wheel nuts, so you'll want to stop by and have a
look at that one, we do not, I thought we had shot a video on front wheel drive, rear wheel drive
bearings, we did do wheel bearings but greaseable wheel bearings on Mr. Greenjeans or 67 Chevy
pickup, our C10, and we did that back in the early days of our YouTube channel, but there's all kinds
of things to learn from, learn the basics and get to understand your vehicle a whole lot more,
and again it doesn't matter size, age, your status, married, single, divorced 100 times,
maybe 99, and recently widowed in, or single mom, you're having to look after your vehicle on your
own, don't forget about our car connection maintenance schedule kit is available for you to review
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studio myself, so from my person to you, to your door. Right, first question, Wendy asks, and I
read it out how it's written in the emails with, there's grammar errors, who cares, it doesn't matter,
you know what, if you get all, if that, if you get all bent out of shape about that, I can't help you,
absolutely not, how are you ever get those text messages and you're going, what, what did you
just say to me, oops, then you usually get the follow-up, no, no, disregard that, I meant to say
this, talk to text can be very interesting, so always check your emails, texts,
if you're doing talk to email, talk to text, how are we to determine what to purchase
for our next vehicle with all the manufacturer issues, recalls, etc. Well, that's a heavy duty.
Wendy, thanks for bringing that to the table, that is a heavy duty question, you know, with
trying to keep respect for the vehicle manufacturers and I'm not here to beat them up and down because
they're deserving what they've got right now, you know, you reap what you sow and unfortunately the
consumer, if you're not educating yourself and you're loyal to some of these brands and these huge
catastrophic issues are plaguing a lot of the manufacturers, if I were you, I would just stay
away from all that stuff that's on recall right now, engine problems, transmission problems,
differential problems, head gasket problems and vote with your wallet, go and get something
that, you know, if you got to switch flavors, you switch flavors, I'm not just going to buy and
be loyal to a company and get myself into a lot of debt on the vehicle and it's not reliable
and they don't have a fix and this is the big challenge right now, there's the car manufacturers,
they've known what they've been doing to the consumer for a long time, I don't need to browbeat
that, we've watched this unfold since 1992, they're creating vehicles with a much higher price tag
and giving you a cheap, crappy product to put it in layman's terms, they're serving
spam on a plate but expecting you to pay for caviar, you understand what I'm saying?
Yeah, they're serving you spam at caviar prices and that's where I look at them and go,
my answer to you is no, if you ship me one of your vehicles to my driveway, I'm going to
pull an Elvis on you and right on it, return to sender, right on the windshield.
Thank you for the thought but I'm sending it back, return to sender, you know, we work hard,
you work all, we all work hard for our bucks, don't spend it on something just to be loyal
and you get a piece of junk, so what do you do? Right, how many of the car manufacturers are in
the news right now, pay attention, do your homework, I've been watching this since 1992,
it does not surprise me, we had GM's with overdrive transmission problems one after another,
head gaskets, engines dropping out, I mean, disgusting things that shouldn't be happening,
if you got engineers that can manufacture stuff and we can put people on the moon,
we shouldn't have engines blowing up, we shouldn't have engines seizing, we shouldn't have
transmissions failing, how is that happening? Well, there's been a few whistleblower engineers
that have said, you know, the manufacturers come to them and say, we want you to create something
that will last just past, get us over the line with the warranty and then it's all the consumers
problem after that. I've watched a couple of interviews on YouTube, so you can go there and
you can find them, engineers that have left some of the major manufacturers because they're sick
and tired of it and then when they speak up, they're put under pressure and some of them have
actually been told they could no longer sit in on the meetings, the manufacturer engineer meetings
because they're asking them to do what they're against and that is their engineering skills,
creating things that last, creating things they're proud of and asking them to create junk parts that
will only make it 60,000 kilometers, hopefully, so the manufacturers can get the vehicle over
the warranty line and now it's all your baby, your money, your problem and do they care? No,
they don't care, so that's where your homework comes in into play, you've got to do your homework,
this is a huge purchase and the price of autumn it reveals today with all the plastic
and what I call rubber made parts on them, come on, you're not giving me chrome, you're not giving
me sheet metal, you're not giving me stainless steel components, you're giving me petroleum based
plastic, plastic is cheap folks, are you getting it? Plastic is dog gone cheap, so they're building
them cheap and nasty and expecting you to pay and then they know that they can give you 60,000
kilometers and if it breaks and they don't have parts to fix it, oh well, but the next time they
want you to buy the car, they'll tap the tune and sing and dance for you as long as it takes
till you get another set of keys and a car payment, so I think that's about as far as I want to go
with that, so vote with your wallet, I am not, this fella is not buying a product from a manufacturer
that sucks, period, I don't care who you are, you can call me every name in the book, if the product
stinks, motormouth ain't buying it, it's that simple, I'll go elsewhere and try my luck elsewhere
and then again if you're not good at maintenance, it doesn't matter what you buy, you're in trouble
because that vehicle is not going to last a lifetime, do you know what lifetime means?
lifetime warranty, I've said it before, lifetime is the mileage or the date that the warranty runs out,
so which one you hit first will determine if you have warranty, if you hit the mileage
that the warranty is covered for, so let's say example I've already said 60,000 kilometers,
you hit 60,001, you're going to hear we'd really like to help you but we can't
and then the fight begins, I am not interested in that drama, I'm not interested in buying somebody's
product at that kind of money to be treated like that, sorry buy, see you later, you know I'll keep
an eye on you and see if you get this stuff sorted out, so the consumer, as a consumer we have the
power in our hands to cripple any company creating any product whether it's something you eat,
wear, drink or drive, you step away from their product, do you know when change happens?
is when they're losing something they completely understand, you ready?
market share, when they see that market share is dropping their knees start to shake
rapidly and in the automotive world that's where we hold the keys friends,
we have what they want, money that's what they want, so give us our money's worth
by telling them I ain't buying your junk no more, I'm out of here color me gone I'm going to
something else and I just thought of this just two days ago 48 hours ago I saw an advertisement on
YouTube's for Subaru I'm thinking you know what I have not heard anything as far as recalls engines
blowing up transmissions blowing up with the name Subaru attached to it so I'm going to do a little
bit of homework because I have not heard their name splashed out there at all period and I am
disappointed Wendy this is a long answer I know but hang in there for everybody because I'm sure
you brought a really good question to the table what the heck I need to replace my vehicle what
am I going to buy you know what piece of junk am I going to buy I'm going to have all kinds of
problems the car's going to be I'm making payments and paying insurance and principal and interest
and it's in the shop more than it's in the driveway this is what people are mad about
there's vehicles you know Ford I just read before it came on the air today Ford recalls 10 million
10 million vehicles are you freaking kidding me if I have a vehicle that is being recalled and they
don't have the dang parts for it I'm paying insurance I'm making the payments I'm paying
interest and it's not in my driveway it's waiting to be fixed and they don't have the parts to fix it
so you're at the perils of the manufacturer going they're scrambling going we
don't know what to do we don't know what to do what are we going to do what are we going to do how
we're going to fix this we don't have the parts to fix it by the time we tool up and get the problem
fixed which they know they already have this is the thing that gets me riled up they already know
they've created junk that won't last and then when it breaks they put the same thing in that
in your vehicle to get you down the road to make you get more mileage on it to get you outside the
warranty before that next piece that they put in to fix it breaks because why they're taking out
something that breaks and putting something else in that breaks exactly the same because it's the
same part they don't have what's called a super seeded part to fix the problem so when they take
the piece out that's broken they put a piece in that's corrected corrected so like I just said
I have not heard anything as far as recalls campaigns engines blowing transmissions blowing
things blowing up on Subaru's I find that very interesting honestly I would certainly be
looking in that arena I'm disappointed with some of the manufacturers Toyota Honda having issues
Nissan swirling they may not even they don't know if they're going to survive
and that would be sad that's a benchmark vehicle I mean I really I'm really liking the 2008
rogue that we rescued from going to the bone the boneyard it's been amazing
it's been amazing little ride I mean it's got its issues and it's got its pattern failures
but again if you if you're not very good at maintenance then having a vehicle that has
pattern failures is not going to be the vehicle for you so here's my short answer
for Wendy and all those are saying you know I need to I need and want to replace my older vehicle
what do I do with all the manufacturer issues and recalls that's a huge one from Ford 10 million
vehicles being recalled I haven't read the whole details on it so I can't share anything
other than I saw the headline and the the Presidente of Ford Motor Company in North America
and just going shaking my head and going there you are fellas you reap what you saw
and as you so so shall you reap and unfortunately there's consumers now that our vehicles down
there's no replacement upgraded parts available other than what fails so we take out a failed part
and put another part in same that's going to fail exactly the same so what have you solved nothing
that's a desperate to me that in the automotive world that is definition of stupid and insanity
do your homework you know maybe it's time to switch it up go for something else
you know my neighbors both drive Subaru's and they love them I've never owned one I've worked on
Subaru's in the past but you know what you can talk to my neighbors here they they've
both been driving Subaru's for quite some time they love them they absolutely love them the pieces
so I'm going to do my homework there and see if there are any bad things out there being said
about Subaru but I haven't seen anything so if your flavor of the month is Toyota Honda GM Ford
Chrysler whatever it is be aware of what the factory recalls are make yourself aware of what
they are and if that's going to put you in a vehicle down situation for extended periods of time
have a look at some of the chats online but remember you know there are troublemakers out
there so you got to put on your filter before you head into the the online world because
you can't always take everything at face value so you got to have a filter when you go on the
internet on the interwebs but do your research and do diligence on whatever it is that you're
looking at here's what I would tell somebody if they're looking to buy pre-owned I wouldn't go
beyond 2020 and you're pretty much solid before that a lot of this stuff has happened and begun
to happen in the last 56 years because that's where the manufacturers are pulling the stunt
creating inferior components so that you're buying their vehicles more often I think it's just
absolute disgusting behaviors is that they're putting money ahead of the quality but their prices
don't reflect the quality you follow me and that's disgusting it's kind of like you know what just go
do something else and leave us all alone and get lost exactly that's how I feel really
feel is you know what we all work hard for a buck and we got these people ripping us off trying to
rip us off blind and think that we're gonna sit there as consumers and be a consumer instead of
prosumer you have to learn to be a prosumer and you have to learn not to be sucked in to the car
game because that's what it is the car game it's all it is folks and it's fire beware caveat
emptar fire beware so Wendy and all of you out there right now I wouldn't buy anything new I'd be
looking at pre-owned 2020 squeeze into 2021 if you have to but be careful because the last
five years the six-year product is just it ain't right and they know it and they're just trying
to flub their way through it with a consumer but you know what pigs don't know pig stink you know
that yeah pigs don't know pig stink okay Wendy I hope that helps you I wish I had a magic wand for
you to wave it and say this one's good this one's gonna be a problem and a 10 million dollar a 10
million unit recall is huge folks in my world being in the in around cars since I was 13 years old
that's huge what does that tell you about the quality of the product 10 million units
that is that's embarrassing that's embarrassing for the manufacturer I'd say not good for the consumer
who has one of those 10 million components April asks this question number two we got to move along
here but that was a huge question Wendy thanks for thank you so much for putting that forward
April asks I am a single I am single and a very and very intimidated by taking and going to a
repair shop on my own what can I do to overcome this stigma well it's like anything else in the
trades and in the service industry it's easy to be taken advantage of if you don't have a lot of
information and and she's in the right place she's tapping into the podcast and I don't know if she's
subscribed on YouTube but that's where I can educate you so that you get a better understanding
about your automobile how it works and how you can stay ahead of the maintenance curve and have a
really really reliable vehicle doesn't matter what age mileage you can keep
that baby going forever let me tell you you can't you absolutely can't and if I was buying something
today I would pick a 2020 uh as low mileage as possible and I would just take so much care of
that vehicle I'd be all over it like axel on a donut it's my dog and uh yeah that's don't don't
try and take it away from her yeah there's donut parts flying everywhere when she eats one but
she gets it done and cleaned up it's all taken care of so how do you manage this well the more
you learn April the better it's going to be for you number one you need to learn the basics tap
into our youtube channel stay connected to our podcast I'll teach you everything that I've known
for 44 years as a light truck passenger vehicle tech and heavy equipment heavy equipment and I
worked for Mack trucks of Canada Peterville of Ontario I have my diesel endorsement
and my license for that as well so I got a lot of experience to share with you and being a shop
owner for 11 years to my health sled blowing out a couple of discs in my back was not a good idea
but it happened um you need to learn April as much as you possibly can as a single
and the intimidation will start to go away because you will be armed with information
and knowledge uh a lot more knowledge about your automobile how do you find a shop where
you feel comfortable well there's a couple of ways of doing it and I'll share that with you
number one ask some seniors yep where they go because they don't like being
intimidated either and they don't like being ripped off either either whichever way you want to use
that word um they generally know and will say oh you want to introduce
yourself to as an example to Dennis he has a shop he's an older gentleman they got a good team there
they'll take good care of you that's a great referral if I can help you with a referral
send me an email let me know where you are what area you were in but first of all I of course
wouldn't know somebody like say in Arizona but hopefully as we grow we'll be able to get some
repair shops on board with us in all the different states all the the different provinces
and other areas around the world who knows where it can go skies the limit it'd be great
to have an amazing referral program on our recommended business portion of our website
so we can send you directly to someone that is not going to take advantage of you so April
if you send me an email let me know where you are if you are in Ontario where you are in Ontario
and I can possibly steer your vehicle and yourself to a repair shop where you'll be treated very very
well and well respected as well but for for other areas I don't know other than asking a senior
if you're part of a church somewhere ask some of your your sojourners in your church
where do they go who to don't just do a cold turkey one because that's where this
happens where you get ripped off and I'm not a big advocate of the franchise stores I just
am not I know some people that that are very good but the the stigma is and I've never been able to
bring them on as a recommended because of the name of the franchise you know you may be a good
franchisee shop with the name up there but then there's somebody else across town with the same
franchise name that has a really bad reputation so guess what the stink maker ruins it for everybody
that's under that banner so what you want to go to is a mom and pop shop
that's what you want to get to you want to get to a reputable mom and pop repair shop that takes care
of all years makes and models and have all the services and if they don't there's something
they don't do they have a referral where they can outsource and you can be confident in that
for example we never did transmissions but if a transmission needed to come out had
and replace it we would ship it to to Peter's place and they would rebuild it and I knew it was done
right so Peter would say do you have time to take it out we'll come and get it it was Hank and Peter
great guys they were amazing guys to work with so if we had a customer with a bad transmission
that's where we knew we would send our customer to if Hank and Peter would take it out great but
if they're busy they'd say if you can take it out we'll come and get it and we'll do what needs to
be done and get it back to you you can stuff it back in so that's the best thing April is to connect
with if you're part of a group somewhere you know whether whatever it is whatever group that is ask
the people in the group hey who do you go for to have your vehicle serviced and listen and you'll
generally find a good referral that way and a safe referral because here's the thing next when you
go to visit them you can say so and so sent me so now they know you know a customer a client
that's already going there so now they know if they mess you up and take advantage of you they're
going to lose guess who the customer they already have the client they already have so now they got
to be on their a plus game so chances are if someone that you ask says oh i would go there it's safe
there then when you introduce yourself you drink you name drop for sure you say oh i'm looking for
a shop we're gonna have my car repaired so and so sent me said you were a nice guy you would take
really good care of myself and my car and not rip me off and i would put that right in the conversation
that you would not take advantage of me here and watch their body language body language says a lot
yeah it's how you catch a liar you got to learn their body language so before they even speak you
can just watch how they act and you'll know they're lying before they say a word so april i hope that
helps you if you need more help with that you send me an email okay girl don't be shy reach out to me
dial at ccbusnet.com or mortemouthmotormouth.jenkins at gmail.com and that is always in the description
box over youtube videos along with a lot more automotive related tech tips i pack a lot of
information in the descriptions that you won't get out of the video and that you won't get out of the
podcast so i put some more tips in there to help you as much as i can all right last but not least
kathy with a c okay question number three here it is this is the big one
this is the big one not the biggest big one but it is a big one jerry it's not the coup de
gras or the grand fromage it is just the big one is rust proofing my vehicle worth doing
or a waste of time and money well here we go mind if i have a little more coffee i think it's getting
a skin too late it's already got a skin on it oh well okay let's unpack this first and foremost
i'm going to use myself and our vehicles as an example whether it's one of the vehicles we bring
out for fundraisers and special community events they're all rust proof why they sit
half the year in storage till the late spring till june the first that's when we bring them out
give them a maintenance check clean them up and get them ready to go they're sitting in
not a what we call a climate controlled environment so there's two things that rust needs to develop
you ready this is the recipe what to create rust warmth and moisture
and what are we living in right now warmth and moisture humidity is moisture it's water
so no matter what if it's not raining and it's humid there's moisture in the air
that moist air along with the warmth creates rust so your vehicle actually
i'll tell you this straight up vehicles rust faster in the warmer weather than in the colder
weather why is that because the rusty slowed out at minus temperatures when we had 40 degrees
that's when the rusties wakes up and goes i'm hungry hey look wonderful cross member
i think i'll start to eat that and then along with the salt brine that they put on the earth
on the roadways i mean it keeps us safe but it is wickedly corrosive so the engineers tell me
and i have an engineer's report i won't tell you how i got that but i have it and the engineers say
in their terminology wickedly corrosive and i'll tell you that's true the some of the vehicles
we've been getting in that are not not protected by rust proofing it takes hours to get things on
bolted because every stinking fastener is seized so that's not saving you money that's costing you
labor money in fact i have a vehicle i'll be finishing after the show here and one side i'm
trying to do the brakes and i'll tell you both sides have whooped my butt nothing is coming
on done easy because there's no rust proofing on it on the bolts in the hardware nothing is anti
seized compound pounded that are in there all the bolts are put in dry they are seized solid
so it's been a chore something that should have taken me two and a half three hours tops
i'm into hours of trying to get it apart so that's number one it's going to cost you a whole
lot more money for your service tech to get things apart because they're rusted and the
rusties are going to cost you a lot more labor time right there number two now we need if you're
wanting to keep the vehicle long term we need to prevent the rusties from getting in there
so if you don't then you're losing the vehicle long before the amount of mileage you can get
out of it and get a return on your investment i mean vehicles and whether you're talking to
tony mealy or larry tea troll or any certified financial planner they're going to tell you an
auto appeal does not make you money unless it's a classic and that it's it's appreciating not
depreciating vehicles depreciate from 15 to percent to 25 percent a year so that's why by
the time you pay it off five years or seven years for the loan it has no street value so you just
might as well erase that right out of your head well you know it's only worth 1500 bucks why would
i want to put 3000 into it well let's look at it from from an accounting
point of view from a certified financial planners point of view it's paid off you're not making
payments an interest boom ding number one you're going to have to maintain a vehicle
whether you own it or making payments on it number two uh if you want a reliable automobile
you're going to need to maintain it and keep it up otherwise it's going to fall apart long before
you get your money back out of it and it's gone so it doesn't matter how much it's worth curbside
if it's 11 years old no it doesn't it's a piece of equipment why are people with with private
pilots licensed driving flying 1954 pipers or chieftains why is that because they're freaking
expensive to buy brand new so if they're serviced maintained and certified what's the problem fly it
so how is your car any different it's not that's you're listening to the wrong you're listening
to white noise you're not listening for the signal you're listening to white noise doesn't
matter what it's worth at the curb i could care less $50 or $500 it's paid for it's maintained
it's rustproofed every year it's not rotting out i'm done with it when i say i'm done with it
got it that's what i'm teaching you here on the podcast and on our youtube channel showing you
how difficult things are to get apart when you're not rustproofing and you're out of having an
application every year keep the structure solid and it keeps the bolts and everything from seizing up
because here's the deal if the book time says break job on the front of your vehicle is two hours
but everything seized as soon as i have to get out the torch to heat stuff to try and get bolts
out that time is by the hour start the clock stop the clock that's additional time to the job
additional time so if i can get all the hardware out and get the job bing bang boom done in two
hours you're paying two hours labor but if it takes me two hours with the torch and lubrication
working to get bolts out because if i snap them off it gets ugly now i got to drill stuff tap stuff
thread stuff and make it workable that's straight time on the repair bill
so that's where you punch off the job and you punch on the job and you go extracting bolts
on the caliper saddle seized to the spindle housing so if that takes me two hours to get
those bolts out that's two additional hours you're paying me because i could get it apart
so i just shot some videos on that showing you things are they just don't fall out folks
when you're not rust proofing when i see a vehicle that's rust proofed i know okay it's
going to be a little sloppy and gooey under there so i'm going to get more dirty than normal
but i know i'm going to get the hardware out and get it off so those who aren't
rust proofing their vehicle you're paying a lot more labor than me and i know i do the
job myself i want to know that i can get in there get all the bolts out get the job underway and
button it back up in a decent amount of time so again if we don't protect your structural integrity
by the time you pay it off you don't have anything left the structural integrity is
compromised by rust into things like structural components that hold the car together underneath
when those are compromised it's over you don't have something to work with that's why when guys go
looking for a vehicle to restore they're looking for rust free because if you buy a rust a rust
bucket it's only good for parts it's going to cost you so much money to bring it back to life
it's not worth it you might as well buy one that's already done and it's a rust free vehicle
they are a blessing wait till you see this vehicle that's coming in for the new series
when we get there it's a california car and i got to do upgrades on it just regular maintenance
and upgrades wait till you see that in my hands and how clean the bolts in the underside of the
vehicle is those are a blessing to work on but here in canada we have rust so if you want to keep it
you're going to have to protect it and it's going to have to be and that's part and parcel on our
car connection maintenance schedule it's right on there annual rust proofing if you want to know
what product i use and that i i have used for the last 12 15 years they don't endorse me i don't
don't endorse them back but i put them on our website so that you can see what product works
if it drips it's junk if it's rubber based it's junk if it's fish oil based it's junk
did i have to leave anything out um yeah if it drips if it's rubber if it's fish oil it washes
off that's the problem with that washes off too easy um we want it to do a couple things
neutralize the acids from road salt so and that it creeps into every nook and cranny
and it stays on the vehicle it disperses moisture so as it's creeping along it's pushing any
moisture it finds out and it's keeping your vehicle safe and secure and away from
compromised structural integrity you're actually taking care of that automobile and it will squeeze
every kilometer out of it you possibly can so i hope that helps you kathy if you go to the
home page of our website you will see a product on there i'll give you the initials cf okay and
it's right there on the home page click there's a profile page click you can go through and actually
watch an application and get a better understanding of that product and that's the product i use and
i have for like i said 12 15 years now do it every year it's pennies to protect your vehicle
against corrosion because that's the thing that's going to take it out is the rusties if you prevent
the rusties from setting in you got yourself a winner but if you don't believe in rustproofing
that's okay i'm not here to convince you because a man convinced against his will is of his own
opinion still that's how i live my life you want to be right i'll let you be right all day long every
day 365 days of the year because a man of intent in of integrity will let time prove him right
i don't need to waste my breath i just let time do it for me because you'll find out you'll find
out eventually and when you when you do there's usually there could be a possible aha moment
that goes oh that's why people always agreed with me on everything yep wipe out that's what i call it
wipe out i went through that with apprentices and i let them fall down and go boom and then i go now
you're gonna pay for your mistake because i told you and you didn't listen that's it you can do it
your way even though your name's not on the sign of the of the business and i sign your check in the
right hand corner i go i'm telling you i want it done this way because that's the way i want it done
when you own the shop you can do your way and they do it their way and fall down go boom and i let
them do that and then they'd have to pay for their mistake simple as that by taking a day off
so that the profitability comes back to the company and we're not losing money
and that is where people learn how to do their skills better not worse all right so uh that's
about it i think we're wrapped up there join us again monday morning i'll have another motor mouth
summer tech tip for you and we are on number 17 summer tech tip and we'll have five things to
share with you again on monday morning enjoy the rest of your weekend uh safe driving out there if
you're heading out on for for vacation time take your time make a plan listen to friday's podcast
i give you five things when you're heading out on vacation to think about things to ponder i give you
five things to ponder i do my very best each and every podcast to give you five things to ponder
but come back and visit us as often as you can we'll see you monday morning bright and early
eight a.m for another motor mouth morning drive peace patience and kindness always friends happy
healthy motoring we'll see you then have a great weekend bye for now
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Q&A Saturday #220 tackles how to shop for a next vehicle when recalls and manufacturing issues are on the table. The hosts stress that long-term dependability comes from a solid, rust-free platform and consistent maintenance—“Mileage does not matter. Maintenance matters.” They advise avoiding active recall problems, checking whether parts are available, and understanding warranty fine print (including how “lifetime” can end). They also share real-world durability examples and practical guidance for finding trustworthy repair help.
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In Episode #220 of Motormouth's Morning Drive, Nile "Motormouth" Jenkins answers questions about buying your next vehicle in today's world of recalls, manufacturing issues, and changing technology. If you're wondering how to make a smart purchase without getting burned, this episode is for you.
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